Gerald (Pete) Banasky passed away February 22, 1995 at home from complications resulting from A.L.S.
He was born May 8, 1929, to Gerald and Katie Nielsen Banasky at Spring Canyon, Utah. Married Margaret Smith on December 15, 1956 in Price, Utah. Graduated from Carbon College in 1951 and the University of Utah in 1959. He was a veteran of the Korean War. Member of Carbon Lodge #16 of the Free and Accepted Masons and the Eastern Utah Shrine Club. Member Price Elk's Lodge #1550, Price, Utah. He was also a member of the Flaming Gorge Shrine Club. He worked for Wycoff Trucking Company for 23 years. He then worked for Deer Creek Coal Mine and Great Outdoors in Price. He was an innkeeper for the Vacation Inn at Manila, Utah.Survived by wife of 38 years, Margaret Banasky, Coalville; three daughters and spouses and five grandsons, Bill and Katie Krieger, Justin and Miles, Big Piney, Wyoming; Mike and Edythe Kuhn, Brandon and David, North Ogden; Bruce and Georgina Thayn, Cody, Draper, Utah; also survived by brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. David Smith, Mrs. Beverly Banasky; preceded in death by his parents and brother, Jim.
Memorial service Saturday, February 25, 1995, 1 p.m., Mitchell Chapel. Family will be at Mitchell's one hour prior to services. Interment: Mountain View Cemetery, Helper, Utah.
The family was requested in lieu of flowers that donations be made to the Shriners Children's Hospital, Fairfax and Virginia, Salt Lake City.
The family would like to thank the staff of Creekside Home Health Care and Dr. Wain Allen for the loving care they gave Pete and his family.
God saw you getting tired when a cure was not to be, so He closed His arms around you and whispered "come to Me". You did not deserve what you went through, and so he gave you rest. God's garden must be beautiful, He only takes the best....and when we saw you sleeping, so peaceful and free from pain, we could not wish you back, to suffer that again. A "Golden Heart" stopped beating, working hands put to rest, God broke our hearts to prove to us, He only takes "The Best".
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